Maraca owned by Pete Cosey

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A wooden maraca. Both bell and handle are coated with lacquer; bell is lighter color and has decorative painted surface. Much of the painted surface has been lost, paint that remains is red, green, and black. There is a crack at the base of the bell, and the handle is dented and has lost lacquer.

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